India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) announces growth of its Leadership Council and Advisory Board



India  Energy  Storage  Alliance  (IESA),  India’s  leading  alliance  on  energy  storage welcomes  Ms.  Jacqueline  M.  DeRosa,  Member,  Board  of  Directors,  Energy  storage  Association (ESA  http://energystorage.org/  ), USA  and  Mr.  Mark  Tinkler,  Member,  Board  of  Directors, Energy  storage  Canada  (ESC  http://energystoragecanada.org/  ),  in  its  advisory board.   Dr.  Satish  Agnihotri  (a career  bureaucrat  with  Govt. of  India)  and  Mr.  Ravi  Seethapathy (35+ year  career  in  global  Electric Utilities  and  Power  Systems)  are  current  advisors  to  the  IESA. Mr.  C. Robert  Pedraza,  EVP  & Chief  Strategy Officer  from  EnerBlu  joins  the  Leadership  Council. Recently  EnerBlu  joined  IESA  Leadership  Circle  (LC)  comprising  Customized  Energy  Solutions, AES,  EATON,  ReGen  Powertech  and  VIONX  Energy. The  Indian  energy  storage  market has  a  huge  opportunity  in  application  areas  like  Diesel replacement  for  Commercial  & Industrial  segment,  Renewable  Energy  integration and  Grid application.  IESA  estimates  the  market  to  grow to  over  70  GW  by 2022.  In  this  regard,  many global  companies  are  eyeing  on  Indian  market  and  various  Indian  Conglomerates  are diversifying  towards  Energy  Storage.   Speaking  on  the  development,  Dr.  Rahul  Walawalkar,  Executive  Director,  IESA,  said,  “IESA  is progressing  rapidly  to  promote  energy  storage,  microgrids  & electric  vehicles  in  Indian  market. We  are  delighted  to  welcome  Ms.  Jacqueline  M.  DeRosa  and  Mr.  Mark  Tinkler  as  our advisory members.  They  bring  with  them  a  rich  and  global  experience  on  energy  storage  policy developments  and  I’m  sure  their  leadership  credentials  and  expertise  will  help IESA  to  accelerate adoption  of  energy  storage,  EVs  and  microgrids  in  India.
Our  mission  is  to  make  the  energy  sector in  India  more  competitive  and  efficient  by  creating awareness  among  various  stakeholders. India  is  anticipated to  become  one  of  the  best  markets for the  adoption  of  energy  storage  technologies  due  to  several  drivers  like  the  fastest  growing economy,  increasing  share  of  renewable,  transmission  constraints,  need  for providing  24*7 quality  power  and  electric  mobility  mission.” Jacqueline  has  over  25  years  of experience  in  the  energy  industry.  She  also  worked  on international  energy  sector  restructuring  matters  for  the  USAID,  and  in  project  development  for an  independent  power  producer.    Jacqueline  serves  as  a  Director  for  ESA,  USA  and  is  Vice President,  emerging  technologies  at  Customized  Energy  Solutions.   Mark  worked  for  Ontario  Hydro/Ontario  Power  Generation for  29  years  in  various  technical  and management  positions.  He  has  offered  strategic  consulting  services  to  the  energy  sector regarding  emerging  energy  options  and  technologies  since  2005.  Mark  currently  serves  on  the Board  of  Directors  of  ESC.  Mark  is  also  a  Senior  Consultant  with  Customized  Energy  Solutions.

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